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Phoneutria is a
genus of
spiders in the
family Ctenidae. They are
mainly found in
northern South America, with one
species in
Central America. Members...
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Phoneutria nigriventer is a
species of medically-significant
spider in the
family Ctenidae,
found in the
Southern Cone of
South America (Brazil, Uruguay...
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Phoneutria fera is a
species of
spider with
medically significant venom in the
family Ctenidae found in
South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil...
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Phoneutria boliviensis is a
species of a
medically important spider in the
family Ctenidae found in
Central and
South America.
Males Males have a varied...
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Despite their notoriety for
being dangerous, only a few
members of
Phoneutria have
venom known to be
hazardous to humans, but the
venoms of this family...
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Phoneutria bahiensis is a
species of
spider in the
family Ctenidae,
found in Brazil. It is
known in
Brazilian Portuguese as
armadeira da
Bahia (Bahia armed...
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Phoneutria keyserlingi is a
species of
spiders in the
family Ctenidae,
found in Brazil. P.
keyserlingi is
venomous and
should be
treated with caution,...
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Phoneutria reidyi is a
species of
venomous spiders in the
family Ctenidae,
found in
South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru,
Brazil and Guyana). This...
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Phoneutria nigriventer toxin-3 is more
commonly referred to as PhTx3. The PhTx3
neurotoxin is a broad-spectrum
calcium channel blocker that
inhibits glutamate...
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considered medically significant, only to be recanted. Only ten
genera (
Phoneutria, Atrax, Latrodectus, Loxosceles, Sicarius, Hexophthalma, Hadronyche, Illawarra...
